In big codebases, duplicate logic hides everywhere, especially when you are new to a project. AI can now help us spot and prevent those clones before they grow into tech debt.

For some reason the gif is just an image :( @bsky.app

My slides are here → mob-programming-deck.kurets.dev

And if you by chance have the same problem, test out my fix, hope it saves you some time: askubuntu.com/a/1549957/22... 8/8

Tiny story, big win: Embrace the inconvenience, let it challenge you! And don’t forget to take those vacations (or workations) whenever you can. 7/8

I ran the final steps on the work laptop, boom, camera alive on the first try 📸✅. Today, everyone can see me and… how unlucky I am with the weather 🙄☁️. 6/8

So last night I dove into three-and-a-half hours of Googling, installing, purging, rebooting 🧑‍💻, chatting with GPT, rinse, repeat. Just when I was about to give up, I opened Google Meet and saw my bleary face staring back. Victory! 🎉 5/8

Then I headed off on a workation 🌴💻. I forgot to pack an external cam, figured I’d survive… until I saw my calendar packed with meetings and an interview. 4/8

I’ve never been short of options: there’s an external webcam in my home office and another one (plus plenty of Zoom rooms) at work, so the missing laptop cams never felt urgent. I poked at the problem now and then, got nowhere, and shrugged it off 🤷. 3/8

Fast-forward to Ubuntu 24.04: upgrade done, webcam dead again 💀. Same fix, no luck. Then trivago handed me another Dell for work, and yes, its camera was also playing dead 🙄. 2/8